Pokerroom Screws Players

If you have ever won a poker tournament you can probably recall the high you were on for the hours, if not days, after the win. Imagine how low you would feel waking up the next day and your winnings were snatched out from under you. Many players had to face this reality after PokerRoom did just that. The tournament lobby listed it as a $22 19k guaranteed MTT. The tournament was played and money paid out. Then PokerRoom, claiming the guarantee was a mistake, took back the money FROM PLAYER ACCOUNTS.

This is just plain unacceptable. In an industry that is trying to become fully legitimate players should not stand for this. There are too many honest sites available for players to give their money to thieves like pokerroom. Sure you might have made a mistake, but the tournament was played and you paid the players. It was listed as a 19k guaranteed, and 19k was paid out. Taking players money from their account is going to cost them much more than the 13k they stole from players.

If you have money in PokerRoom, I would suggest you take it out immediately. There are many other sites that actually treat their players with respect. If you have a website, blog, or any other method of communication please spread the word. If online poker is every going to be an accepted industry, sites like PokerRoom must be flushed out.

Here is the Pokah thread dealing with this issue